# Hirt vs hust

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hirt
*noun · IPA [hɪʁt] · frequency rank #31,614*
Hüter einer Herde

### hust
*verb · IPA [huːst] · frequency rank #17,034*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs husten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hirt-vs-hust